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Halloween Owl Prowl Thrives As Arboretum Rite of Passage for Kids of All Ages
Once again, families throughout the extended Capital Region are invited attend the annual Halloween Owl Prowl at the Landis Arboretum on Friday, October 24 from 7 - 8:30 pm. Cost: $5/person; $15/family.
DEC Celebrates Nine Years Of SCA Hudson Valley Stewardship
Hailing the Student Conservation Association's (SCA) Hudson Valley Program, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today recognized the nine years of environmental stewardship work in the Hudson Valley in a ceremony held...
CORRECTED: Communities Across New York Awarded “Grants” for Quadricentennial Celebration Projects
More than 250 schools, grassroots organizations and local governments in the Hudson and Champlain valleys have been awarded "mini grants" to help bring supplemental funds to their preparation and planning for celebrating the 400th anniversary of t...
DEC Reopens Shellfishing in Parts of Hempstead Bay
Improved water quality has led the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to re-open 1,100 acres of shellfish beds year-round in Hempstead Bay, Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. The change will allow some shellfish ...
NYS Clean Diesel Regulations Show Promise
A coalition of environmental and public health groups today urged adoption of regulations drafted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) which implement aspects of the New York State Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2...
NYSDEC Acts to Tighten Controls On Odors At Bronx Plant
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has taken the first of three steps designed to tighten controls on odor-generating processes at the sewage sludge pelletization plant owned by New York Organic Fertilizer Company...
State Bar Association Announces Global Warming Task Force
New York State Bar Association today announced the creation of a Task Force on Global Warming to address the profound impact climate change is having on our natural environment and ecosystems. Created by Association President Bernice K. Leber (Are...
DEC Reports: Progress At Contaminated Former Utility Company Sites In NYC And Long Island
One year after dramatically expanding the number of contaminated, former utility sites in New York City and Long Island that are under state cleanup oversight, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has made steady progr...
DEC Launches New "Environmental Leaders" Initiative for Businesses and Organizations
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced an initiative that will help and encourage businesses to excel when it comes to environmental standards and practices. The "New York Environmen...
Public Meetings Set for Developing Scope of Review for Horizontal Drilling in the Marcellus Shale
As a first step in analyzing the potential environmental impacts of high-volume hydraulic fracturing of horizontal wells in New York's natural gas-bearing Marcellus and Utica shale formations, the New York State Department of Environmental Conserv...
Students from Across the State Engage in Hands-on Scientific Learning Exercises in the Hudson River
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, students from the mouth of the majestic Hudson River in the New York Harbor to Troy will participate in the sixth-annual "A Day in the Life of the Hudson River" field program. Hosted by the New York State Department of Environm...
DEC And SCA Celebrate Ten Years Of Adirondack Stewardship
The Student Conservation Association's (SCA) Adirondack Program celebrated 10 years of stewardship work in the Adirondacks during a recognition ceremony on Friday at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Whitney Headq...
DEC Meets With Quebec Officials Regarding Franklin County Landfill
Representatives of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) met recently with Quebec environmental officials of Région of Montérégie from the Minist re du Développement durable, de l'Environneme...
Leaf-Peeping at the Landis Arboretum:
Leaf-peeping gives way to awe at the beautiful 548-acres Landis Arboretum: an unforgettable place where visitors of every age marvel at the everyday- and exotic- treasures of this noteworthy collection of trees and shrubs from around the globe set...
Record Number Of Youth Attend DEC Environmental Camps In 2008
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today that a record-breaking 1,541 young people attended DEC's 2008 Summer Environmental Education Camps. This is the highest attendance in the camp ...
Nature, History, and Horses Hooves Draw Adventurous
Schoharie County offers great value for cost-conscience families and individuals looking for affordable fun close to home for the upcoming Columbus Day weekend. Two nearby events -- the two-day History Fair at the Old Stone Fort Museum and a Wild-...
Belleayre Set To Ski 7 Days a Week As Opening Day Announced
Belleayre Mountain will be open for riding and skiing seven days a week for the 2008-2009 season, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced today. Weather and conditions permitting, Belleayre will open the day after Tha...
Media Advisory: A Day in the Life of the Hudson River Estuary 2008
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NYS Assemblyman Bob Sweeney Honored In 2008 Environmental Voters' Guide
In the only scorecard that grades New York lawmakers according to their votes on legislation that could benefit or harm the state's natural resources, EPL/Environmental Advocates documented a narrowing of the recent "green gap" between state Senat...
DEC Approves Opening Two Roads On State Lands to ATVs
After an extensive review, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Regional Director Judy Drabicki announced today that sections of two roads on state lands that connect Jefferson and Oswego counties will be re-opened to all-terrai...
DEC Partners With Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the signing of a five-year contract with the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP), an award-winning program focused on detecting and ...
TODAY: RelightNY, Children for Children, and City Year Help NYC Go Green
New York City youth in partnership with RelightNY, Children for Children, and City Year will come together for a day of service. As announced by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the ServiceNation Summit earlier this month, all will join f...
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Certain Suffolk County Towns
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that it will designate certain shellfish harvesting areas within Suffolk County as temporarily closed to shellfishing. These temporary emergency closures will go int...
DEC Announces The Graduation Of 23 New Environmental Conservation Officers
Twenty-three new Environmental Conservation Officers graduated today, joining the ranks of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) police force, and will soon be in the field protecting New York's natural resources and the publi...
Media Advisory
On Friday, September 26, 2008, at 11 a.m., 23 new Environmental Conservation Officers will be graduating to join the ranks of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) police force. The graduation ceremony will take place at the D...
DEC Grants Available For Eradication Of Invasive Species
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that grant applications are now being accepted for projects proposing to eradicate terrestrial invasive species. Terrestrial invasive species i...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates the Revitalized Nature Trail at GCC
Just in time for leaf peepers and happy hikers' autumn walks, Genesee Community College announces the grand reopening of its Nature Trail on the southwestern fringe the College's Batavia campus. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Thursday, ...
NYS Environmental Voters' Guide To Be Released Oct. 1
MEDIA ADVISORY
U.S. Congress Approves Great Lakes Compact
Environmental groups across New York State applauded the U.S. Congress today for protecting the integrity of the Great Lakes by passing the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. With growing threats to export water from the...
New York State Parks Join In Annual International Beach Cleanup
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Carol Ash today announced that state parks across New York will participate in a state-wide beach cleanup on Saturday, September 20, 2008 as part of the 22nd Annual ...
New York To Send Team Of Experts To Help Massachusetts Fight Outbreak Of Asian Longhorned Beetles
New York State will be sending a team of trained DEC forestry staff to assist Massachusetts in surveying and quantifying the extent of tree and forest damage caused by the Asian Longhorned Beetle, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Com...
SUNY Cortland Student Designs Beaver Trail at Lime Hollow
SUNY Cortland senior Elizabeth Hensel of Romulus, N.Y., will see months of her hard work come to fruition during the grand opening of the Beaver Tail Trail at the Lime Hollow Center for Environment and Culture on Saturday, Sept. 27.
House Passes Legislation to Clean Up Great Lakes Toxic Hot Spots
The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to reauthorize and triple the authorization for cleaning up legacy contamination at orphaned sites around the Great Lakes. Scheduled to sunset at the end of September, reauthorizing the Great Lakes Leg...
CSC gets high marks on the environment
Chadron State College gets high marks for its efforts to help the environment in a recent report by the National Wildlife Federation.
Repeat of Depression, Dust Bowl unlikely, speaker at CSC says
No region suffered more during the drought and Depression in the 1930s than the Northern Great Plains that includes the Dakotas and Nebraska, according to Dr. Rolland Dewing, a long-time history professor at Chadron State College who returned to t...
State Board Recommends 39 Nominations For State & National Registers Of Historic Places
The New York State Board for Historic Preservation today recommended the addition of 39 properties to the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Property owners, municipalities and organizations from communities throughout the state spon...
DEC Announces Annual Beach Cleanup Effort in New York
As the largest volunteer effort in the marine environment approaches on Saturday, September 20, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today encouraged New Yorkers to join in to help clean up the st...
DEC Announces Release Of Pheasants For 2008 Hunting Season
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that approximately 25,000 adult pheasants will be released on lands open to public hunting for this fall's pheasant hunting season. The pheasan...
New York State DOT Breaks New Ground On Environment
New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Commissioner Astrid C. Glynn today announced a first-in-the-nation initiative that will encourage the designers of department projects to minimize impacts to the environment and promote sustaina...
DEC Commissioner Joins Utica Mayor Roefaro in Declaring Bossert Site Available for Redevelopment
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today joined Utica Mayor David R. Roefaro to mark the official completion of the extensive and complicated cleanup of the former Bossert Manufacturing facility...
Media Advisory: Event to be Held at Bossert Site in Utica Tomorrow
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and City of Utica Mayor David R. Roefaro will be holding a press conference at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow, Sept. 16, at the former Bossert Manufacturing facility to a...
Belleayre Fall Festival to Be Held Oct. 11-12 at Delaware and Ulster Railroad
The 29th Annual Belleayre Fall Festival will be held this coming Columbus Day weekend, but at a new location thanks to a partnership announced today by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Delaware and Ulster R...
N.Y.S. to Host International “Green Chemistry” Confab
New York State will be the center of the "green" chemistry and engineering movement when Albany hosts an international "Green Chemistry Conference," Sept. 15-18. It is the first time this gathering of technical experts is being held in the United ...
FIRST FISHING CLINIC FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES PROVES POPULAR
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation expect a full turnout when they host their first free fishing clinic for people of all abilities and their friends, famil...
MEDIA ADVISORY
Pursuant to the notification requirements of Section 17-1743 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Spill Hotline has received, and is investigating the following report: Spill rep...
State Environmental Commissioner Welcomes City Council Questions on Gas Drilling
In testimony prepared for a public hearing Wednesday, New York State Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis advised the New York City Council that natural gas drilling in the city's watershed is not imminent. The commissioner p...
DEC Sets Hearings on Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced 10 dates for hearings in October and November on the state's draft Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan and draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) that ...
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in All Nassau and Suffolk County Towns
After Tropical Storm Hannah passes the area, DEC's shellfisheries program will collect rainfall information from around Long Island. Areas affected by less than three (3) inches of rainfall will be reopened. Those areas affected by more than three...
State and City Announce Agreement to Allow New Recreational Uses in the Town of Windham
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced an access agreement that will create new recreational opportunities in the Catskill region, includ...
DEC Finalizes Catskill Park State Land Master Plan
The plan guiding the future management of the state's 292,000 acres in the Catskill Forest Preserve has been finalized, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. The update to the Cats...
Environmental Advocates of New York Statement on Governor Paterson’s Recent RGGI Comments
"Environmental Advocates of New York is calling on Governor David Paterson to clarify once and for all his position on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the country's first cap-and-trade plan to reduce the pollution that is changing our clim...
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City Metro and Long Isla...
New York National Guard Hurricane Gustav Update
Following Sunday's mobilization of forces by New York State Governor David A. Patterson, members of the New York National Guard continue their efforts today to support the Gulf Coast response to Hurricane Gustav.
Comprehensive Environmental Enforcement Settlement Reached with Putnam County
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the settlement of a comprehensive enforcement action with Putnam County to address multiple violations of the state's environmental laws regarding se...
Natural Gas Production Dips Slightly in 2007
Natural gas production from New York wells continued at high levels in 2007, although numbers fell just below 2006's record breaking production figures, State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today.
The Race is ON! Arboretum 5K and Awesome August Events
Accepting the challenge of the Landis Arboretum to the entire New York State Legislature, Assemblyman Peter Lopez (R) plans to be on hand at the Landis Arboretum on Saturday, August 30 for that organization's Awesome August Perfecta.
Busy Camping Season Continues Into Labor Day Weekend
One of New York State Parks' most successful camping seasons on record is expected to continue into Labor Day weekend, with 7,700 campsites, cabins and cottages booked for the three-day holiday - and still some room left for last-minute campers.
Poughkeepsie and Corning Sites Among First New Brownfield Cleanups
Abandoned industrial parcels in Poughkeepsie and Corning are the first sites approved under the state's revamped Brownfields Cleanup Program, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. ...
DEC Launches New Web Page for Marcellus Shale Info
As landowners and municipal officials continue to seek information about possible horizontal drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched a new Web page d...
DEC Announces 2008-2009 Waterfowl Season Selections
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the Department's season dates and other regulations for waterfowl hunting this fall. These season selections will become official as soon as fe...
September: Back to School, Back to Learning, and Back to the Future
Above and beyond the anxiously awaited signature Fall Plant/Book/Bake Sale at the Landis Arboretum on September 13 - 14, September signals the opening of classrooms everywhere. The Arboretum opens its sweeping 548-acres outdoor laboratory with an ...
Commissioner Ash Welcomes Visitors to the State Park at the Fair
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Carol Ash today welcomed visitors to the New York State Park at the Fair, a three-acre mini-park which opened at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
State Dedicates Historic Covered Bridge
Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) Commissioner Carol Ash and Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today that the Beaverkill Covered Bridge has been listed on the New York State a...
Media Advisory
Just home from a 14-day shift fighting raging wildfires in Northern California, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) forest rangers and other forest firefighters will be available for interviews Tuesday as they demobilize.
Media Advisory
Fifteen New York City youngsters who participated in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (NYSDEC) Camps Diversity Program are returning home on Saturday, Aug. 16, after a week of fun, adventure, and learning at Camp DeBru...
Web Page Provides Updates on State Green Procurement Efforts
New York Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner John C. Egan and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced the launch of a web page that provides the public information on the activities of the...
2008-09 Sporting Licanse Sales Open August 18, 2008
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that 2008-09 hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and Deer Management Permits (DMPs) may be purchased beginning Monday, Aug. 18. Licenses an...
Waterfront Brownfield Transformed to Greenway
A $13.5 million environmental restoration project to improve access to Buffalo's waterfront is now open to the public, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. DEC and the Niagara Fro...
Governor Paterson Calls on Federal Government to Assist New York’s Municipalities
Governor David A. Paterson today announced the formation of an environmental and government collaborative to help tackle a looming water infrastructure crisis facing New York State. The Clean Water Collaborative will focus on funding solutions for...
Landis Arboretum Fall Plant Sale Accents Quality, Color
As sure as autumn follows summer, the signature Fall Plant/Book and Used Book Sale/Fundraiser at Landis, the Capital Region's Arboretum, has became an annual rite of passage for gardeners, plant lovers, and outdoor enthusiasts throughout the North...
Media Advisory
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis and local officials will be on hand to announce a development in the transformation of the Buffalo Outer Harbor.
United Water Fined for Excess Releases from Reservoir
West Nyack-based United Water New York has paid a $10,000 fine to New York State to resolve violations regarding excess releases from the Lake Deforest Reservoir in Rockland County, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete ...
New York Officially Adopts Carbon “Cap and Trade” Program
The New York State Environmental Board today approved regulations to implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI is an initiative begun in December 2005 by 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states to enact regulations to significa...
A Family Daytrip Bonanza in Picture Perfect Schoharie County
Since Route 20s hard-won designation as a New York State Scenic Byway in August 2005, savvy tourists are enticed to choose this centuries' old, rural highway over higher-speed routes and to explore roadside venues they may have overlooked in a hur...
DEC Tells New Yorkers: Don’t Flush Medications
A new initiative to help reduce the growing presence of pharmaceuticals in water bodies is being launched today by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Commissioner Pete Grannis announced. The "Don't Flush Your Drugs"...
Media Advisory
The State Environmental Board will meet on Monday, August 11, at 2 p.m. in Room 129 at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) headquarters at 625 Broadway, Albany, New York.
SUNY Cortland Names Alumni House in Honor of College's First One Million Dollar Individual Donor
The SUNY Cortland Alumni Association has named its alumni house, an elegant and historic 15,000-square-foot mansion in Cortland, in honor of the College's first-ever individual $1 million donor - Lynne Parks Hoffman, a 1968 alumna who resides in P...
New Adirondack-based Institute Will Study Northern Forests
The historic Masten House in Newcomb, Essex County, will be the site of a new leadership and training institute that focuses on the research and management of northern forests, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissi...
Air Pollution Bad in Beijing, Not Great in New York State
As New York's finest athletes arrive in Beijing to take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics, the American Lung Association of New York reminds New Yorkers back home of the dangers of air pollution. While those competing in the Olympic Games in the Pe...
Media Advisory - Commissioner to Kick Off "Eat Local" Challenge
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker will kick off New York State's "Eat Local" Challenge in Albany, challenging New Yorkers to eat only foods produced locally for one day this week, August 3-9.
Obama's Tune-Up Misfire
Barack Obama's ridiculous assertion that properly inflated car tires and well-tuned engines are the best answer to our nation's energy crisis underscores just how seriously out-of-touch the freshman Senator is when it comes to the very real proble...
Groups Ask: Where are Clean Diesel Regulations?
A coalition of environmental and public health groups today urged Governor Paterson to order the immediate implementation of the New York State Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2006. According to the timelines established by the law, all state ow...
New York Forest Rangers, DEC Staff and Trained Volunteers Join Fight Against California Wildfires
New York Forest Rangers, other Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) personnel, and trained volunteers left Friday to join the effort to combat raging wildfires in northern California, Commissioner Pete Grannis announced.
Grannis Statement on U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Panel’s Decision
"The ruling is good news. As a result of the hard work and persuasive arguments presented by the state, the NRC has recognized that a significant number of issues deserve a full hearing," said New York State Department of Environmental Conservatio...
Media Advisory
New York forest rangers, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) personnel and other trained wildland firefighting volunteers are joining the effort to combat ongoing wildfires in northern California. They are departing Friday.
Landis Arboretum Participates in Cell Phone Driving Tour Test
Tourism promotion will take a step into the 21st century with the introduction of a driving tour of Schoharie County that can be accessed via cell phones. This is a one-month trial to test the technology and feasibility of developing a variety of...
DEC Enforcement Against Pepsi to Result in Recycling Education
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. has agreed to a settlement to resolve environmental violations stemming from the improper labeling of bottles that prevented some consumers from redeeming containers, the New York State Department of Environmental Conserv...
State Accepting Grant Applications for Quadricentennial
The state is now accepting applications through Sept. 3, 2008, for Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial (HFCQ) grant projects. The Quadricentennial will spotlight the Hudson Valley, Lake Champlain and New York City's history and culture.
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City Metro and Long Isla...
Environmental Watchdog Calls On NYS Gov & Legislature to Protect Public Safety, DEC Staff
In response to Governor David Paterson's announcement today that state agencies must reduce budgets by seven percent due to the state budget crisis, Environmental Advocates of New York is calling on the Governor and the State Legislature to mainta...
Area Businesses Supporting Farmers Market in Menands
The Capital District Farmers Market in Menands is celebrating their 75th anniversary this year, and for the first time they are getting financial support from businesses outside the market. Their Saturday retail market, where the general public i...
MEDIA ADVISORY~COMMISSIONER TO OBSERVE HAIL DAMAGE IN OSWEGO COUNTY
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker will tour onion fields in Oswego County with State Senator Darrel Aubertine tomorrow to observe hail damage from a storm that damaged agricultural crops in many areas of New York Sate. This i...
DEC Takes Aggressive Action to Halt Northern Snakehead in Catlin Creek
Implementing an aggressive protocol for responding to invasive species, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), plans to treat Ridgebury Lake and Catlin Creek above County Route 6 in Waywayanda (Orange County) with an aq...
DEC Releases Revised Draft Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan
A significantly amended version of the proposed New York State Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan is being made available for public review, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. Both the draft GEIS ...
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Eastern Suffolk County
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that it has designated shellfish harvesting areas in eastern Suffolk County as temporarily closed to shellfishing. These temporary emergency closures are in response...
STATE ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY GARDENS
Governor David A. Paterson and Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today announced a new grant program that will strengthen community gardens. The Community Gardens Capacity Building Grants Program will improve access to fresh local produce, h...
DEC Announces Public Process to Review Potential Impacts of Drilling the Marcellus Shale Formation
Featuring a series of public meetings across the Southern Tier and Catskills, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has initiated a public process to supplement the generic environmental review for horizontal natural ga...
DEC Announces $900,000 in Urban Forestry Grants
Urban forestry grants totaling $900,000 are being awarded to communities and organizations across New York, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. The release of the list of awardees coincid...
CONSUMER ALERT
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today warned consumers not to eat "Smoked Mud Fish" sold by the Central African Market located at 25B Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York 10701, and the African Carribean Market located at 141...
Media Advisory
On Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m. the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) will inform residents in the South Bronx about new, aggressive measures it is taking to combat odors from the sewage sludge pelletization plant loc...
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction Process Goes Live Today
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction process goes live today, beginning 60 days of bid preparation for this first-in-the-nation auction of carbon dioxide (CO2) allowances to be held on Sept. 25.
NYS Affordable Housing Corporation Approves $400,000 Grant to Build “Green” Affordable Homes in Schenectady
The board of the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC) today approved a $400,000 grant to Better Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) to finance the construction of 10 single-family affordable and environmentally efficient homes in the Vale and...
DEC Commissioner Applauds Appeals Court Victory on Ballast Water
A federal appeals court today upheld New York's challenge to the United States Environmental Protection Agency's failure to set stringent standards for the discharge of ballast water by ocean-going ships, New York State Department of Environmental...
DEC: Additional Discoveries Of Didymo In Famed NYS Fishing Rivers
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the presence of the invasive algae didymo (Didymosphenia geminata) in the West Branch of the Delaware River downstream from the Cannonsville Reservoir, indicating th...
Green Watchdog Applauds NYS Lawmakers for Protecting State’s Natural Resources
Environmental Advocates of New York, the state's government watchdog in Albany, today released the names of members of the New York State Legislature who supported all four of the environmental community's priority "Super Bills." The organization ...
NYSDEC Sweep of Fulton Fish Market Nets Violations of State Law
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) law enforcement officers conducted an early-morning sweep of the Fulton Fish Market in the South Bronx last week, seizing more than 200 illegal fish products. The effort resulted in ...
Dog-Days Notwithstanding, Education & Fun Rule at Landis Arboretum
Regardless of the weather, Capital Region residents will find relief and relaxation at the nearby Landis Arboretum. Hike, walk, enjoy and learn. The Arboretum grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk. Bring a lunch. And enjoy all that Landis of...
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the New York City Metro and Long Isla...
DEC Investigating Fish And Mudpuppy Die-Off On Lake Erie Shore
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is investigating the deaths of mudpuppies and fish washing up on the shore of Lake Erie. Mudpuppies, an aquatic salamander, along with smallmouth bass, catfish and sheephead are amo...
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Western New York, Eastern Lake On...
DEC Reports
A recent survey of Prall's Island in New York City has revealed no detections of the Asian longhorned beetle. This is one year following the initial discovery of the invasive exotic insect on the island, New York State Department of Environmental ...
Agreement Reached
In response to the potential of unseasonably high air temperatures in the upper Delaware River Basin this summer and the effects of rising water temperatures on the river's renowned fishery, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ...
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Western New York, New York City M...
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., have issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Western New York, New York City M...
Treadwell Speaks About Offshore Drilling
Please find attached a mp3 recording of Sandy Treadwell's comments on the lifting of the Executive Order th